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Gimme Shelter
  Issue 14, Winter 2003

Issue 14


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FICTION
Jim ShepardJOHN ASHCROFT: MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN ME
I promoted the de-funding of the NEA. The average guy who wants to go down and see Garth Brooks, he doesn't get a federal subsidy.

Scott SpencerIN A PERFECT WORLD, An excerpt from the forthcoming novel, A SHIP MADE OF PAPER
This is the pinnacle, the greatest happiness he has ever known, right there, asking the dog if she is Jesus, and Iris telling the dog not to answer.

Jonathan LethemTHE VISION
He believed himself or anyway claimed to be the VIsion: the brooding, superpowered android from Marvel Comics' Avengers

David BenioffZOANTHROPY
From the animal perspective, I think, nothing that makes you bleed is a good thing.

Lewis RobinsonOFFICER FRIENDLY
I suppose I didn't want to look like a criminal but I was annoyed that my jean jacket, black wool hat, and steel-toed boots didn't speak danger.

POETRY
Les MurrayAT THE WIDENING OF A WAR

Pattiann RogersTHE LOST CREATION OF THE EARTHSTUDY FROM RIGHT ANGLES

Sergey Gandlevsky, translated by Philip MetresTO MY MOTHER

Sarah MangusoI DO NOT KNOW TO CALL IT BITTERNESS OR JOY

Sue Kwock KimON SPARROWS

Ellen Doré WatsonGHAZAL FOR SHAHID

Mark FordEARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISETWENTY TWENTY VISIONPENUMBRA

Robin RobertsonNIGHT DRIVINGTHE PANTHER

NEW VOICES
Fiction: Mary OtisPILGRIM GIRL
It's Rick. The reason she is pretending to be a traveling saleswoman. Again, this occurs to her, too late.

Poetry: Michael LeongTHE PRIVILEGE OF HERMES

Jennifer SrygleyLETTER TO HUGO FROM BROOKLYNFOR THE SMALL BOY WITH THE BIG SCARF IN XI'AN SQUARE


ESSAY
Jeffrey EugenidesTHE BUNKER
Exploring a Nazi bomb shelter underneath Berlin's American Academy.

PILGRIMAGE
Albert MobilioFOR KEEPS: THE CHRISTIAN C. SANDERSON MUSEUM
Collecting almost everything he touched, Christian Sanderson was the archaeologist and curator of his own life.

INTERVIEWSPROFILES
Charles D'Ambrosio talks to Heather Larimer in the remote woods of Montana, about mining darkness and his return from the abyss.

From Girl with a Pearl Earring to Falling Angel, the number one best-selling author Tracy Chevalier talks to Ellen Fagg about literary labels and the gnawing pressure of success.

LOST & FOUND
"John Marr" on Harry Stephen Keeler.

Jon Raymond on Stewart Holbrook's Holy Old Mackinaw.

Sara Roahen on Abby Fisher's What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking.

Karl Iagnemma on Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

S. Shankar on R.K. Narayan.

A READABLE FEAST
Amy BloomCOOKING AND STEALING
The writer remembers a talented shoplifter and great cook, who taught her that eating bad food is just plain wrong.

THE LAST WORD
Elizabeth BenedictFAQ
Digital help for the most commonly asked dating questions.

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